Impacts of Different Functional Groups on the Kinetic Rates of α-Amine Ketoximesilanes Hydrolysis in the Preparation of Room Temperature Vulcanized Silicone Rubber

L. M. Development of an optically transparent polysilsesquioxane/PDMS addition cured nanocomposite adhesive for electronic applications

Hydrosilylation method for preparing optically transparent polysilsesquioxane nanosphere reinforced PDMS nanocomposite adhesive with enhanced mechanical, thermal and adhesion properties.

Theoretical Investigation of the Hydrolytic Mechanism of α-Functionalized Alkoxysilanes as Effective Crosslinkers and the Difficulty of Deep Vulcanization in RTV Silicone Rubber

The reactions between α-, γ-ethylenediaminemethyl trimethyl-ketoxime silane (α-, γ-EAMOS) and H₂O were investigated on the geometries of stationary points, the reaction pathway (IRC), thermodynamic and kinetic analysis by density functional theory (DFT) at the B3LYP/6-311G (d, p) level. Interestingly, the results showed that the hydrolysis activity of α-EAMOS is higher than that of γ-EAMOS, due to the influence of an amino substituent in position α-C on silicon. α-EAMOS can be used as a superior crosslinker for room temperature vulcanized (RTV) silicone rubber to achieve rapid crosslinking without a toxic catalyst. Besides, compared with the reaction between α-EAMOS and H₂O, the reactivity between α-EAMOS and hydroxy siloxane (HO⁻Si(CH₃)₂⁻OSiH₃) was discussed. Particularly, it revealed that the deep vulcanization of RTV silicone rubber is difficult.